Basic information

Full name
DNA fragmentation factor subunit alpha
Ensembl
ENSG00000160049.12
Summary
Apoptosis is a cell death process that removes toxic and/or useless cells during mammalian development. The apoptotic process is accompanied by shrinkage and fragmentation of the cells and nuclei and degradation of the chromosomal DNA into nucleosomal units. DNA fragmentation factor (DFF) is a heterodimeric protein of 40-kD (DFFB) and 45-kD (DFFA) subunits. DFFA is the substrate for caspase-3 and triggers DNA fragmentation during apoptosis. DFF becomes activated when DFFA is cleaved by caspase-3. The cleaved fragments of DFFA dissociate from DFFB, the active component of DFF. DFFB has been found to trigger both DNA fragmentation and chromatin condensation during apoptosis. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Protein product

Phosphosites on the primary protein product
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Tumor and normal comparison

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Signed p-values
Data type
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
RNA-7.8e-3--1.3e-24---0.954.5e-50.22--0.33-
protein-0.62--5.2e-7-0.013-0.13-0.0472.5e-50.150.890.43

* P-values are from Wilcoxon rank sum test and can be clicked to show the box plots. Positive values mean higher abundance in tumor. BRCA and GBM do not have normal samples.

mRNA expression at gene level
BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC8.599.51010.51111.51212.513log2(RSEM+1)tumornormal
Protein expression
BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC2424.52525.52626.52727.528log2(MS1 intensity)tumornormal

* Mild outlier: filled circle; Extreme outlier: empty circle.

Phenotype and mutation association

Manhattan plot summarizing associations of phenotypes and mutations across all cohorts and omics data types

BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC012345678910110-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11Pan-cancer02468101214160-2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16proteinRNASCNVclinicalpathwaycell typegenomicmutation-log10 of P-value

* Data points of significant associations above and below the dotted lines can be hovered to show the phenotype.

Associations of the protein abundance of DFFA with phenotypes and mutations

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Signed p-values
Phenotype
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
KINASE-PSP_AMPKA1/PRKAA16.7e-7----0.23----3.6e-111.5e-3
Tumor Purity (WGS)1.9e-6-1.2e-5-1.8e-60.130.680.81-0.360.71
Tumor Purity (ABSOLUTE)7.4e-6-0.574.0e-50.0541.5e-60.2-0.99-0.830.240.072-0.91
xcell: T cell CD8+ naive7.5e-60.0120.210.150.58-0.890.031-0.870.0440.0160.033
PERT-P100-PRM_VORINOSTAT6.2e-4---6.2e-4------
PERT-PSP_SII_ANGIOTENSIN_27.1e-4---0.910.083---0.57.7e-50.19
PBRM1 mutation1.2e-3-1.2e-3--------
xcell: T cell CD4+ central memory0.0030.0760.0220.560.260.760.450.0510.26-0.350.68
cibersort: Mast cell activated5.1e-30.10.230.120.014-0.320.930.072-0.660.09-0.9
xcell: Hematopoietic stem cell5.9e-30.933.8e-30.0820.34-0.760.510.45-0.0920.0410.12
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* P-values could be from test for Spearman correlation, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test or Cox regression depending on the data type. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Cis-association

Associations between omics data of DFFA

BRCA0.620.410.49proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCCRCC0.68-0.240.21-0.190.40-0.17proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCOAD0.380.230.39proteinmRNASCNVmethylationGBM0.78-0.140.33-0.130.42-0.06proteinmRNASCNVmethylationHNSCC0.71-0.170.49-0.120.52-0.22proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLSCC0.74-0.150.57-0.070.45-0.35proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLUAD0.66-0.000.48-0.130.52-0.13proteinmRNASCNVmethylationOV0.620.470.60proteinmRNASCNVmethylationPDAC0.230.300.07-0.180.50-0.18proteinmRNASCNVmethylationUCEC0.50-0.000.22-0.180.38-0.07proteinmRNASCNVmethylation

* The numbers are Spearman correlation coefficients and can be clicked to show the scatter plots. The color and size of the circles correlate with the coefficients.

Trans-association

Associations of the protein abundance of DFFA and the protein abundance of other genes

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Signed p-values
Gene
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
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* P-values are from test for Spearman correlation. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Gene set enrichment analysis

Submit genes and the common logarithm of the p-values of their association with to WebGestalt.